Teen Wolf get’s an A+

I’m not usually one to watch television that’s targeted at teens like myself. I’ve tried several times to get through the first season of The Vampire Diaries and failed. Why? Because usually it makes me want to fall asleep. The plot lines are dull and predictable, and in the end you know everyone is just going to end up a vampire (no seriously though, how many vampires can one town hold before it’s pushing it?).

This weekend though I gave into the demands of my friend and began watching MTV’s hit series Teen Wolf. Here’s the gist: Local teenager Scott McCall is out looking for a dead body (because really what else is there to do in a small suburban town) when he’s bitten by a werewolf. In the words of Kanye he gets better, faster, and stronger.

It all seems very cliche, right?

It is. And that might be one of the reasons I love it. The other reason I love it is that unlike most television series with the supernatural, this one actually makes sense, you get the logic behind all the werewolf stuff, it makes sense and it’s really not that far fetched.

The other thing is the characters. I love (mostly) all of them. At first when they’re introduced they all seem like your stereotypical students; the geek (Stiles), the loser (Scott), the new girl (Allison), the prep (Lydia), and the Jock (Jackson). As time wears on though, and especially in season 2, we see those characters grow and realize that there is so much more to them.

I could tell you more but that would most likely involve giving you spoilers so I’m just going to finish this up with my opinion:

Teen Wolf is actually an amazing show, whether it be for adolescence or not, and it’s very easy to find yourself getting attached to it, so next time you’re looking for something to watch and you see that Teen Wolf is on, go for it, the only regret you’ll have is the heartbreak from all the heart wrenching plot twists thrown in there.